Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-09
Terry's Lucky Widow.

There is long and curious story be-
hind the announcement made. with a
good deal Of sensational flourish, that n
fortune of S7.000,000 mas been left to
Mrs. Kate Louise Terry by her late hus-
band, Ivan Petro Terry, who died in
Paris, where tho lucky widow is still
living. The S7.000.0O0. will probably
be cut down Il good deal, but if the for
tune reaches half that sum Mrs. Terry
is an extraordinarily fortunate woman.
OF the lady the Hartford Times says:
Her life up to the present time, if ac-
curately depicted in novel, would
make interesting reading. Kate Louise
Norman Cher maiden namc) came
hither from England in childhood with
her father. who settled in BROOKLYN,
and eventually became julgc there.
She is now about 32 years of age, hand
some, of good figure, and style that
has Il good deal of dash in it. 1t was
to her good looks and her style that she
owed her courtroom marriage to Ivan
z. Terry. Before that she had been the
wife of the notorious bank burglar,
Charley Bullard, who is now said to be
serving Il long term of Imprisonment in
Belgium. The marriage 10 Bulard took
plac in England. where she was visit
ing. when she was about 16 years old.
Bul'ard then went by the name OF
Charles Wells. He was Il smart fellow.
with fine address and plenty of spcnd-
ing money. and the girl he married
knew nothing about his real character.
He opk her to Paris, where he opened
Il sort of American bar-room on q
Showy sale, and installed his pretty
voua5 wife as Cashier. She naturally
attracted Il good deal of notice, and the
venture prosp red for while. Bullard
gave il up, however, and brought his
wife TO New York. 1t was then snc
found out who and VIII It he was.
Another wife soon turned up, and the
couple separated. never to meet again.
The scco ri wife took her two children
and went off on her own account How
she lived till she met Terry does not
appear to be known. He was the son
of Il millionaire sugar-planter III Cuba,
and had made some money himself
They were married without any loss of
time, but the subsequent proceedings
were not entirely harmonious. A NUM-
Der of little unplcasantncsses occurred,
and led up finally 10 po!icc-court SEN
sation. Mrs. Terry was of decidedly
jealous turn, and once on going through
her husbands pockets, after the manner
of wi'leawake wives, she fouud Il giisn-
Ing letter from It y"u g woman explain
ing why certain appointment was not
kept. 1t is needless TO say that the let
ter did not improve Mrs. Terry's state
Of mind. After thinking Il while she
set trap for the Young woman, and
caught her in it. Then she called on
her at her home 10 give her talking
TO, and got turned out for her pains.
That warmed her up still more, and her
next step was TO make Il charge against
the yount woman of appropriating GER
tain money that she said sue missed.
Then came the pol!ce-2ourt sensation,
in which the two women played prom
inent parts, and which the reporters
had fine time writing up. After Il
great deal of wrangling the charge was
dismissed, and the ST, ond woman. II
Miss Atwood. soon after retaliated by
suing Mrs. Terry for slandcr. She
claimed S25,000 damages, and jury
awarded her $500. but us Mrs. Terry
had no property in her name to levy on
the jud :ul,lnt is still unpaid. Miss At
wood will try pretty hard to collect it
when Mrs. Terry returns to New York
as Il millionaire widow, If she does re-
turn. Her husbands will has been re-
ceivcd there for probate, and she will
probably follow il. The unborn child
is cXpcc' ell next month.